Whyisa may be onto something there-the first thing I thought when I saw your post about the eternal testing was that perhaps they like that cha-ching sound-I, too hope that-or an overabundance of caution to avoid legal problems-is the case.
While my mistrust of meds and such exists in part because of being brought up to embrace a natural lifestyle, as a case manager I saw way too many MDs, PT clinics, etc that would slurp up as many $$$ of a client’s workers comp benefits as they could get away with before we suspected something and told the insurance carrier. Many times, the client would become addicted to the indiscriminately prescribed psychotropics and pain killers, too...
Sadly the very people we think we can trust can cheat us. Of course living near Houston I see the worst cases on tv - police, medical and law employees who are criminals - and of course Houston administration/politicians - I may as well be back up near Philly!